Tom Stalcup, the Republican Party’s candidate to represent Massachusetts’s fourth district in Congress, does not like the way American politicians talk about science.Stalcup, who holds a Ph.D. in physics from Florida State University, faces an uphill challenge to defeat incumbent Democrat Jake Auchincloss, who was elected in 2020. The district has not been represented by a Republican since 1947.That long-shot status seems to have offered Stalcup a little more freedom—he’s distanced himself from the party’s standard line on issues such as climate change and drug pricing. But that doesn’t mean he believes the Democrats are any better when it comes…